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American Gets Competitive With Flat Beds in the Crowded Los Angeles to Boston Market
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The news came as a surprise to me. After many years of saying that it just didn’t have enough premium-configured A321T aircraft to fly beyond the traditional transcon routes of New York/JFK to both LA…
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3 Links I Love: A Long Look at Delta, Southwest Groundings, BA 767 Retires
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This week’s featured link: Delta Buckles Up For Turbulence – FortuneHere’s a long one for you. It’s sort of a broad look at Delta under Ed Bastian today, but it jumps around from Ed’s early life to…
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Shades of TED: Singapore Airlines Pushes SilkAir Routes to Scoot
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When it was announced that Singapore Airlines’s regional carrier SilkAir would be merged into Singapore Airlines itself, I was bullish on the move. Sure, I was concerned that Singapore was pushing SilkAir too far upmarket…
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Long Beach Chooses Southwest Over JetBlue With Slot Rule Changes
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Long Beach Airport should be a desirable place to fly. After all, it’s only 20 miles down the (admittedly traffic-choked) 405 freeway from LAX, and it provides a far better passenger experience. But historically, Long…
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Preview: Southwest Finishes Terminal Renovations at LAX… But There’s More Construction to Come
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Southwest travelers who fly to, from, or through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) have been waiting for this day for years. The airline’s renovations in Terminal 1 are officially done later this week. The airline…
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An Incredibly Boring Trip on JetBlue to Vegas (Trip Report)
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I’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving, so this is my last post of the week. I’ll be back with more on Monday. You may have noticed I haven’t put up a trip report in awhile. That’s because…
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The Unlikely Union of Sabre and Farelogix
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Let’s take a trip way back to February 2013. Right around the time that the American and US Airways merger was announced, I headed out to Florida for a media day with Farelogix. If you…
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3 Links I Love: The Paine Field Shuffle, A Hangar Rises to the North, Via’s Troubles
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Tickets now on sale for Alaska Airlines flights out of Paine Field – Seattle PIAfter long battles commercial air service is finally coming to Paine Field north of Seattle. Alaska put its flights on sale for travel…
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Alaska’s Basic Economy is On Sale in Three Markets
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Last week, Alaska released its first Saver (aka Basic Economy) fares into the wild in three test markets for travel in a 10 day window between December 6 and 16. Presumably Alaska didn’t want to…
